Daily Republican., 1887-05-06
That Bad Man Blaine.

Ifste New York Herald and Nv
nore papers OF like Xix are to be be-
ltevec, James G. Blaine IL one Of the
"tsdisst" OF bad men. II IL perfectly
astonishing to hear Of oil the bad tricks
of which he 10 guilty. People who
have heretofore believed him to be an
honorable and upright ntlem sr-iH-
deed tie fi,st citi zens Of the q nj ou-will
have 10 change their minds In regard to
their es,iuates OF his character II these
papers are to be believed. Why only
shlnk OF Ii! He IL charged with revo.
Iutiouiz!rg the policy Of the Catholic
Ohursa the world over. This bold
bad man has actually got that church
20 Heslacn It's principles and policies
to whi,n 1t has adhered for centuries
pAs.. o., yon bad jim Blaine!
But here Is another charge. This
bad man has actually invaded the Re-
publican party and by his devillsh
maeelna.ions has bound 1t hand and
too:. And then, what terrible auto.
crat this same bad man Blaine is. We
are told that the voters do not like him,
have DO faith in him, want to have
nothing 70 do with him and would in
fin!tey prefer some other candidate.
But this bold usurpsr has the great Rs
pab!icAn party in his tolls, lite voters
have TO chance to express their real
opiaions, and in spite OF the heroic
effor.e OF various leaders and statesmen,
WHOM Mr.. Blaiue's opponents never
cail to encourage and to praise, the
party is N Danger OF committing sui.
eide cy nominating him again in At
Of emotional insanity for the Presi-
isncy. All this sounds very strange
IN view OF the very obvious fact that
the votefs have shown that they rather
liked Mr.. Blaine and there Ii hardly q
Repu oilcan TO be found who doubts
shat tie voters are very generally In
ciilei 10 urge his nomination. Bat
then t. may be that the friends Of this
bad u III from Maine are mistaken In
their estimate OF his character. There
are great many impostors In the
world and Mr.. Blaine may be one oil
them. How kind 1t 10 In the Herald
to tell the dear people how they are do
charges. This arch enemy Of thu
country, by far worse tnan JEFF Davis
has actually gone 40 far as to lay plo
TO have Senator Sherman kidnapped
and dragged out Of the country, Z
prisoner, by . band Of SpAniards o.
Oubans. There Is considerable vague.
mesa about the movements Of these con
spirators, but then there can be n,
doubt about the main facts OF the oAse
for Mr.. BlAlne's enemies are Away
right, they never make any mistake
How very fortunate 1t was that Senate
Sherman found out the plot. II he hat
net, lie might have been now langutsh
ing In 80 ne foreign dungeon.
We can hardly conceive that MI
Blaine has been such . bad man. T
our mind he always appeared like
man engaged in writing valuable an
int resting books and going throug
the country visiting scattered member
of his family. But now we are II
formed OF his true character and .
THE hook writing and patriotic speech
making are ba, steps In the dark plo
How very fortunate for tie country
Is tina, tee people have been faithful
sold by the New York Herald and II
Mugwump contem poraries what . b
man this James G. Blaine Ia. Fo
once the people OF Delaware hav
double cause for rejoicing that the
live n such small State that this ba
man does not stop over night In It sn
lay q plot to kidna2 Secretary BayAr
or Senator Cray. Bad man thai, yer
bad, and the people show q terribl
perverse disposition by not believin
all tina. is said about him. The wort
part OF 1t Is th.t the people intend I
stick to this bad man and cleo: hiy
President Of the United States.